Valentine

Object/Artifact

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Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Valentine

Entry/Object ID

995.4.22.4

Description

One paper Valentine greeting card, folded in half horizontally and again vertically. The front of the card is decorated in red with a large white heart outlining two young students sitting at school desks with their hands raised. Text on the front of the card reads, "My Valentine for teacher." Inside the card the two children are depicted holding a red and white heart with the text, "You're a Teacher I admire In such a special way I've sent this Valentine to you To wish you joy today!" The card is signed in black ink, "Gwendolyn, Helen and Dorothy." The reverse of the card is blank with, "Made in Canada" written in blue ink along the bottom.

Context

Valentine card given to Mary Gamble when she taught school in Alberta.

Made/Created

Date made

1945

Notes

Additional create date: 1946

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Valentine

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Card, Greeting

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

12.7 cm

Width

9.6 cm

Dimension Notes

2015-10-09

Material

paper - papier